Amelia Warner
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| Born | Amelia Catherine Bennett (1982-06-04) 4 June 1982 (age 42)
Birkenhead, Merseyside, England
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| Other names | Slow Moving Millie |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
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(m. 2013) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Annette Ekblom (mother) Alun Lewis (father) |
| Relatives | Hywel Bennett (paternal uncle) Jim Dornan (father-in-law) |
Amelia Warner (born Amelia Catherine Bennett; 4 June 1982), also known by her stage name Slow Moving Millie, is an English musician, composer, and former actress.
Warner was born Amelia Catherine Bennett in Birkenhead, Merseyside, the only child of actors Annette Ekblom and Alun Lewis.[1][2][3] Her paternal uncle is actor Hywel Bennett.
Warner started her acting career as a member of the Royal Court's youth theatre group. She also starred in a 2000 BBC adaptation of Lorna Doone and has had supporting roles in films such as Æon Flux and Stoned.
In 2015, she self-released a classical instrumental EP, titled Arms. In 2016, Amelia began scoring films starting with Mum's List followed by Mary Shelley. In 2017, she released her second EP titled Visitors under her name, Amelia Warner.[4]
In 2018, Amelia Warner won the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Breakthrough Composer of the Year for her debut mainstream score on the film, Mary Shelley.
On 28 September 2020, Fearne Cotton announced that she was releasing "Happy Place", the album which features music from an array of artists that focus around mental health and well-being. The first single which was released on the same day as the announcement is the song "Lockdown Kittens Dancing" which features music by Amelia Warner which is taken from her song "For Love" off her "Haven" EP released in June 2020. In the same year she was invited to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Warner began her music career in July 2009, when she wrote and performed the song "Beasts" under the name Slow Moving Millie for a Virgin Media television commercial. The track was then released on 17 August 2009.[5] Her second single, "Rewind City" was also used for another advertisement, for Orange UK, and was directed by Ringan Ledwidge.[6] In October 2011, Warner signed a record deal with Island Records. Her cover version of the Smiths' 1984 B-Side "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" was released on 11 November 2011 and was selected as the soundtrack to the John Lewis 2011 Christmas advertisement. Since releasing her album, Renditions, she also composed music for adverts and short films. Her first major score was for the British short, Mam. Soon after, Warner released her Fyfe Dangerfield-produced EP, Arms, under Universal Music. Her second EP, Visitors. In 2016, she scored her first feature-length film, Mum's List, followed by her score to the film Mary Shelley.
Warner married Colin Farrell in a non-legal ceremony in 2001; they ended the relationship four months later.[7][8] She married Jamie Dornan in 2013 at Orchardleigh Estate.[9] They have three daughters.[9][10][11][12][13]
| Film/Series | Year | Notes |
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| Mam | 2010 | Short |
| Mum's List | 2016 | |
| Mary Shelley | 2017 | |
| Leading Lady Parts[14] | 2018 | Short |
| Wild Mountain Thyme[15] | 2020 | |
| Mr. Malcolm's List | 2022 | |
| Young Woman and the Sea | 2024 | |
| Kathleen is here [16] |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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| Renditions[17] (as Slow Moving Millie) |
89 | |
| Visitors[18] (as Amelia Warner) |
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| Title | Details |
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| Arms[19] (as Slow Moving Millie) |
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| Haven[20] (as Amelia Warner) |
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| 2009 | "Beasts" | — | Renditions |
| 2011 | "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" | 31 | |
| 2020 | "Lockdown Kittens Dancing" (with Fearne Cotton and GABA feat. Helen Mirren) | — | Happy Place |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | Kavanagh QC | Gaynor Deans | |
| Casualty | Rachel Munro | TV series Episode: "Eye Spy" | |
| 1999 | Aristocrats | Lady Cecelia | Mini-series |
| Mansfield Park | Teenage Fanny Price | ||
| 2000 | Don Quixote | Antonia | |
| Quills | Simone Royer-Collard | ||
| Waking the Dead | Jodie Whitemore/Jodie Whitemoor | ||
| Take a Girl Like You | Sheila Torkingham | ||
| Lorna Doone | Lorna Doone | ||
| 2002 | Nine Lives | Laura | |
| 2003 | Love's Brother | Rosetta | |
| 2005 | Æon Flux | Una Flux | |
| Winter Passing | Shelly | ||
| Stoned | Janet | ||
| 2006 | Alpha Male | Elyssa Ferris | |
| 2007 | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | Maggie Barnes | |
| 2008 | The Echo | Alyssa | |
| 2010 | Olga? | Cecilia | Short film |
| 2012 | The Other Side | Rachel | Short film |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
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| 2018 | World Soundtrack Awards | Discovery of the Year | Mary Shelley | Nominated | [21] |
| IFMCA | Breakthrough Composer of the Year | Won | [22] | ||
| 2021 | World Soundtrack Awards | Public Choice Award | Wild Mountain Thyme | Nominated | |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | Best Original Score - Independent Film | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Song - Independent Film | Nominated | ||||
| IFMCA | Best Original Score for a Comedy Film | Nominated | |||
| ASCAP | Film Score of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | World Soundtrack Awards | Public Choice Award | Mr Malcolm's List | Won |
Aged 18, she starred in 2001 as the title character in the BBC period drama Lorna Doone. Then a year later, she married actor Colin Farrell...
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